By Telford                                            H.B. No. 1188
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the rights of a public school teacher who is assaulted
 1-3     during the performance of the teacher's regular duties.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 22.003, Education Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  For purposes of Subsection (b), an employee of a school
 1-8     district is physically assaulted if the person engaging in the
 1-9     conduct causing injury to the employee:
1-10                 (1)  could be prosecuted for assault; or
1-11                 (2)  could not be prosecuted for assault only because
1-12     the person's age or mental capacity makes the person a
1-13     nonresponsible person for purposes of criminal liability.
1-14           SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-15     school year.
1-16           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-17     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-18     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-19     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-20     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.